Movie poster for East Is East
TMDb Rating
6.5/10

221 verified votes

East Is East (1999)

DramaComedy
97 min

"A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog."

Plot Summary

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.

Director

Damien O'Donnell

Top Cast

Om PuriLinda BassettIan AspinallJimi MistryArchie Panjabi

More Movies Like This

Can't find that one movie?

Try our AI-powered movie finder. Describe any scene or plot detail, and we'll identify it for you in seconds.